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Table 2 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and traininga

From: Public knowledge and attitudes towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in Ghana, West Africa

 

Total study sample

Work in medical field

Do not work in medical field

p value*

Total responding to “Do you work with Ambulances?”

Work with ambulance

Do not work with ambulances

p value*

Have you ever heard of CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

 

n= 471

n= 198

n= 273

 

n= 186

n= 70

n= 116

 

Yes, n (%)

377 (80.0%)

191 (96.5%)

186 (68.1%)

< .001

179 (96.2%)

68 (97.1%)

111 (95.7%)

0.713

No, n (%)

94 (20.0%)

7 (3.5%)

87 (31.9%)

7 (3.8%)

2 (2.9%)

5 (4.3%)

Does CPR include chest compressions?

 

n= 419

n= 177

n= 242

 

n= 170

n= 62

n= 107

 

Yes, n (%)

358 (85.4%)

172 (97.2%)

186 (76.9%)

< .001

165 (97.1%)

61 (96.8%)

104 (97.2%)

0.767

No, n (%)

3 (0.7%)

1 (0.6%)

2 (0.8%)

1 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.9%)

Not sure, n (%)

58 (13.8%)

4 (2.3%)

54 (22.3%)

4 (2.4%)

2 (3.2%)

2 (1.9%)

Does CPR require “mouth to mouth”?

 

n= 465

n= 200

n= 265

 

n= 189

n= 72

n= 117

 

Yes, n (%)

322 (69.3%)

160 (80.0%)

162 (61.1%)

< .001

150 (79.4%)

54 (75.0%)

96 (82.1%)

0.122

No, n (%)

48 (10.3%)

26 (13.0%)

22 (8.3%)

25 (13.2%)

14 (19.4%)

11 (9.4%)

Not sure, n (%)

95 (20.4%)

14 (7.0%)

81 (30.6%)

14 (7.4%)

4 (5.6%)

10 (8.6%)

Have you ever taken a CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training class?

 

n= 470

n= 199

n= 271

 

n= 188

n= 71

n= 117

 

Yes, n (%)

146 (31.1%)

124 (62.3%)

22 (8.1%)

< .001

117 (62.2%)

53 (74.7%)

64 (54.7%)

0.006

No, n (%)

324 (68.9%)

75 (37.7%)

249 (91.9%)

71 (37.8%)

18 (25.4%)

53 (45.3%)

When was the last time you attended a CPR training class?

 

n= 143

n= 121

n= 22

 

n= 114

n= 51

n= 63

 

1 year ago, n (%)

49 (34.3%)

47 (38.8%)

2 (9.1%)

< .001

44 (38.6%)

23 (45.1%)

21 (33.3%)

0.347

2 year ago, n (%)

24 (16.8%)

19 (15.7%)

5 (22.7%)

18 (15.8%)

9 (17.7%)

9 (14.3%)

3 year ago, n (%)

29 (20.3%)

28 (23.1%)

1 (4.6%)

27 (23.7%)

10 (19.6%)

17 (27.0%)

4 year ago, n (%)

15 (10.5%)

13 (10.7%)

2 (9.1%)

12 (10.5%)

6 (11.8%)

6 (9.5%)

5 year ago, n (%)

26 (18.2%)

14 (11.6%)

12 (54.6%)

13 (11.4%)

3 (5.9%)

10 (15.9%)

Would you be interested in receiving training in CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

 

n= 472

n= 200

n= 272

 

n= 189

n= 73

n= 116

 

Yes, n (%)

426 (90.3%)

192 (96.0%)

234 (86.0%)

0.001

181 (95.8%)

71 (97.3%)

110 (94.8%)

0.718

No, n (%)

6 (1.3%)

2 (1.0%)

4 (1.5%)

2 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (1.7%)

Not sure, n (%)

40 (8.5%)

6 (3.0%)

34 (12.5%)

6 (3.2%)

2 (2.7%)

4 (3.5%)

  1. *p values derived from chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact test
  2. aItem totals may not sum to total sample size (n = 479) due to missing data